Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'worthy' occurs 98 times in the standard works.

17 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'worthy' in the standard works and contain 17.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Matt. 10:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

 10:10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

 10:11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

 10:12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.

 10:13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.




Matt. 10:37-38 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:100 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 7:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 51:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 14 0 14
NT 54 3 57
Matt. 10 0 10
Mark 1 0 1
Luke 12 0 12
John 1 0 1
Acts 7 1 8
Rom. 2 0 2
1 Cor. 0 1 1
Eph. 1 0 1
Col. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 1 0 1
2 Thes. 2 0 2
1 Tim. 5 0 5
Heb. 3 0 3
James 1 0 1
1 Pet. 0 1 1
Rev. 7 0 7
BM 4 5 9
DC 26 1 27
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 98 10 108

Matt. 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

Matt. 8:8
The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

Matt. 10:10
Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Matt. 10:11
And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

Matt. 10:13
And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Matt. 10:37
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Matt. 10:38
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Matt. 22:8
Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.